The ›Epigramma Paulini‹: Critical Edition with an Introduction, Translation and Commentary

Published by De Gruyter 2023

The ›Epigramma Paulini‹

Critical Edition with an Introduction, Translation and Commentary

Edited by: Roberto Chiappiniello

Volume 409 in the series Beiträge zur Altertumskunde

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110982381

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About this book

This is the first full-scale critical edition of the Epigramma Paulini, with English translation and commentary.

The Epigramma Paulini (110 hexameters) is a late-antique poem of unknown date and authorship (arguably written during the first decade of the fifth century AD), preserved by only one (Carolingian) manuscript. While the outside world is torn by outbreaks of war and social unrest, the poem’s three characters discuss people’s behavior and reaction to the crisis. What should one change to stop social and political decline? What hope does one have to end the crisis and to rebuild a new society? These are some of the questions the three characters of the poem strive to answer.

In recent years, scholars have paid some attention to this piece, mainly drawn to it by a singular insertion of satire within the frame of Vergil’s pastoral model; however, no close study of the poem had been published. This first critical edition provides an in-depth exploration of the poem’s message and its innovative contribution to the reception of classical, pagan literature in a Christian context.

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Roberto Chiappiniello, University of Manchester, Great Britain.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	VIII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
I Introduction
1 Text, Date and Authorship of the Epigramma Paulini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Structure of the Epigramma Paulini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
3 Dramatis Personae of the Dialogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
4 Metre and Style Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
5 A Satirist in a Locus Amoenus. The Literary Models of the Epigramma Paulini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
II Text and Translation
List of Departures From Schenkl’s Edition (CSEL 16.1) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Latin Text and Critical Apparatus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
Translation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
III Commentary
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Commentary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126

(Deutsch)

Languages: English, Latin
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Students and scholars in the fields of Late Antiquity, Latin pastoral poetry, satire and Vergilian reception
Pages
- Front matter: 11
- Main content: 126
Keywords: Pastoral; Christianity; Late Antiquity; Eclogues

eBook

Published: January 30, 2023
ISBN: 9783110982381

Hardcover

Published: January 30, 2023
ISBN: 9783110996173